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After the Wave: Young French Cinema in the 1970s

,Barbican Cinema 3
Bulle Ogier as Rosamonde

The wonderful Bulle Ogier (Céline and Julie Go Boating) is the post-hippie, pre-punk modern woman at the centre of this celebration of instinctive revolt.

Two writers – one a journalist, one a novelist – come together to script a TV show based on the case of a young working-class woman, Rosamonde (Bulle Ogier), suspected of shooting her uncle. One sets out to create the script from imagination, the other goes after the facts; her truth eludes them both.

Rosamonde embodies a post-1968 version of freedom and defiance. Come-of-age in a time of political stasis, after the radical hopes of the 1960s have been swallowed up, Rosamonde drifts from one dead-end job to another. There is no collective struggle; her rebellion is one of small disruptions to bourgeois society and resistance to forces of control – in a shoe shop, for instance, caressing the legs of customers trying on shoes.

Tagged with: Cinema After the Wave

France/Switzerland 1971 Dir Alain Tanner 125 min Digital presentation

Barbican Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.

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